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Why Color Balanced SurgiTel Wireless LED Lights?

ErgoPractice News – May 2017 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Wireless LED headlamps have become one of the most popular headlamp options. The recent Clinicians Report compared several wireless LED headlamps.1 Using data published in this report you can select the best light for various dental procedures. Let’s discuss how to use these data and […]

Testimonial – Dr. Dee Humphrey, RDH, BHSc

My 6-year Clinical Career from Non-Ergonomic Loupes Dee Humphrey, RDH, BHSc Dee Humphrey, RDH, BHSc has been infecting the masses with her contagious laughter and enthusiastic passion for Ministry & Dentistry. She worked as a clinical dental hygienist prevention specialist for 6 years in a Tribal Community Dental Clinic in Northeast Oklahoma. Dee has respectfully […]

The Connection Between Ergonomic Loupes & Head Tilt

ErgoPractice News – April 2017 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Including a Conclusive Technique to Know if Your Head Tilt Is in a Safe Range In order to have a long and healthy career, free of pain and injury, we need to work in a neutral posture. We may move through all sorts of postures, […]

2017 IDS (International Dental Show) Report

ErgoPractice News – March 2017 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Questions and Answers from Cologne, Germany Last week SurgiTel once again exhibited at the largest dental trade show in the world – the International Dental Show (IDS) in Cologne Germany. The event hosted more than 155,000 visitors who would meet with 2,305 exhibitors from 59 […]

New Products from SurgiTel – A report from the Chicago Midwinter Meeting

ErgoPractice News – February 2017 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com SurgiTel introduced three new products at the Chicago Midwinter Meeting: The Odyssey Wireless LED, the loupe-mounted SurgiCam HD digital video camera, and a test model of our 3D Digital Video Head-Up Display (HUD) System. We are happy to report a successful show with much interest […]

Our Newest Innovation: The Ergo Fit Nose Pad

ErgoPractice News – January 2017 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Changing the Way Clinicians Fit and Wear Their Loupes A Brief History of Ergonomic Vision Systems SurgiTel’s mission is to enhance vision and ergonomics for the clinician. Throughout our history, we have developed never before seen technologies in order to achieve our goal. Let us […]

Verify Declination Angle Claims!

ErgoPractice News – December 2016 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com It has long been understood loupes with a steeper declination angle (DA) help clinicians achieve an upright, neutral posture that alleviates neck strain, pain, and injury.1 If the DA of loupes become larger, the user declines their eyes instead of their heads and thus can […]

Many Clinicians Needlessly Work with Neck Pain

ErgoPractice News – November 2016 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com How Non-Ergonomic Loupes Have Caused an Epidemic and How You Can Help Stop It! Aches and pains are hindering the quality of life. Many surgeons (92.3%) report work-related pains and about 20% of those surgeons eventually resort to surgery for treatment.1 Dentist and veterinarians are […]

Laser Protection Options for Loupes

ErgoPractice News – October 2016 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Removable Laser Protection Provides Clinicians With Flexible Options for Laser Protection The eye focuses visible and near-infrared light onto the retina and thus a direct laser beam can be focused intensely on the retina which may be up to 200,000 times higher than at the […]

Testimonial – Dr. Sifrance Tran, MD

Changing to SurgiTel Loupes After Experiencing Working Pain Sifrance Tran, M.D. Assistant Professor Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia Residency Program: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia Fellowships: Pediatric Surgical Critical Care, Pediatric Critical Care Scholar, Pediatric Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois During the 2nd year of my residency, […]